Property and property development is in Mark’s blood.
After graduating from Otago University in 1982 he jumped straight into the property business and assisted in the establishment of Realty Brokers Ltd MREINZ.
In 1987 I was looking for fresh opportunities and made the switch to the international marketing of New Zealand properties.” Over the next five years, Mark regularly visited property investors in Taiwan, Japan and Singapore and sold over $200m of commercial investment real estate.
Mark’s success attracted the attention of Roy Richardson, founder of Location Group. “At the time, the Group was a respected residential property developer,” Mark remembers. “Roy wanted to expand into the Commercial marketplace, which was my background.”
Roy offered Mark a partnership. That was in 1992. Today, commercial property development still accounts for a significant portion of the Group’s ongoing business.”


